Enlarge (credit: ony Avelar/Bloomberg ) Many of Intel’s current woes can be traced to the fact that the company was left out of the iPhone. Whether Intel passed on the opportunity or couldn’t meet the spec is by now a moot point, but missing out on the particular smartphone revolution—and its billions of chips—played no […]
The at-home fitness business announced major changes Tuesday. Will potential suitors pounce? Read More
Enlarge (credit: Arm) SoftBank’s $66 billion sale of UK-based chip business Arm to Nvidia collapsed on Monday after regulators in the US, UK, and EU raised serious concerns about its effects on competition in the global semiconductor industry, according to three people with direct knowledge of the transaction. The deal, the largest ever in the […]
Enlarge It has been two years since Google sparked dreams of PC gaming coming to Chromebooks. We’ve yet to hear word on when we’ll be able to frag on Chrome OS, but we now know that work is being done to bring RGB-backlit keyboards to the operating system. And since RGB and video gaming go […]
The CHIPS Act presents hard questions about America’s relationship with the Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturer. Read More
Enlarge (credit: Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket) Nvidia may be walking away from its acquisition of Arm Ltd., the British chip designer, according to a report from Bloomberg. The blockbuster deal faced global scrutiny, and Nvidia apparently feels that it hasn’t made sufficient progress in convincing regulators that the acquisition won’t harm competition or national security. “Nvidia […]
A judge’s ruling Tuesday in a federal antitrust case sets the stage for potentially damaging disclosures of internal company records. Read More
Sony, Samsung, and chip makers created buzz ahead of the annual tech convention in Las Vegas. Read More
Enlarge / Nvidia’s “next BFGPU. ” Nvidia used its CES “special address” today to tease the company’s top-of-the-line RTX 3090 Ti GPU alongside other GPUs and a completely new class of “dual format” gaming monitor aimed at esports pros. The 3090 Ti, which Geforce Senior VP Jeff Fisher referred to as the company’s “next BFGPU, […]
U.S. futures point to a weak open, and Bitcoin continues to trade below its 200-day moving average. Read More